beherrschen

/[bəˈhɛʁʃn̩]/ verb

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,639

in German word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

beherrschen is aGermanverb. It means: Macht über jemand oder etwas ausüben Pronounced [bəˈhɛʁʃn̩]. It ranks #6,639 in German word frequency. Often confused with beherrscht and beherrschte.

Key facts for beherrschen
PropertyValue
Headwordbeherrschen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈhɛʁʃn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#6,639
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of beherrschen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for beherrschen is 11 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈhɛʁʃn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,639 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for beherrschen, with forms such as "bbeherrschen", "beehrrschen", and "beherrcshen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "beherrscht", "beherrschte", "beherrschten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is beherrschen, spelled B-E-H-E-R-R-S-C-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Macht über jemand oder etwas ausüben
  2. 2
    etwas sehr gut können
  3. 3
    prägendes Merkmal sein
  4. 4
    sich zurückhalten, zusammenreißen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbeherrschen,beehrrschen,beherrcshen,beherrscchen,beherrscehn,beherrschenn,beherrschhen,beherrschne,beherrshcen,beherrsschen,beherschen,behersrchen,behherrschen,behrerschen,bheerrschen,ebherrschen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for beherrschen

Misspelling Variants of "beherrschen"

bbeherrschen12beehrrschen11beherrcshen11beherrscchen12beherrscehn11beherrschenn12beherrschhen12beherrschne11
Misspelling Variants of "beherrschen"

Frequency rank: #6,639 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "beherrschen"?
"beherrschen" is spelled B-E-H-E-R-R-S-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈhɛʁʃn̩].
What does "beherrschen" mean?
As a verb, "beherrschen" means: Macht über jemand oder etwas ausüben
What words are commonly confused with "beherrschen"?
"beherrschen" is commonly confused with "beherrscht", "beherrschte", "beherrschten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "beherrschen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beherrschen" is [bəˈhɛʁʃn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beherrschen" come from?
"beherrschen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.